Review: Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium dives deep and comes up trumps
Capcom has been leaning heavily on its retro archives in recent times.
The Japanese publisher has never shied away from re-releasing its classic content, but in the last few years it’s given us a whole host of old-school compilations, most of which have been high quality efforts.
One of the most notable examples of this was Capcom Arcade Stadium, which was released last year and offered 32 vintage coin-op classics spanning 1984 to 2001.
It turns out that collection must not have been definitive enough, because Capcom has now returned with a second helping of titles, adding a further 32 games to the mix.
Our immediate reaction is one of disappointment that Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium needs to exist at all. When the first Arcade Stadium launched it did so with a single free game, and was accompanied by three DLC packs each including around 10 games.
The implication was that more packs would be released in the future, but instead 2nd Stadium is an entirely new title, starting again with a single free game and the others available as DLC.
We would have much preferred these 32 new titles to be added as DLC in the first game, giving us one huge 64-game compilation. Instead, players have to jump between the two separate pieces of software to access every game.
Still, in terms of what’s actually here, we’re more than happy with the selection of titles on offer, especially considering some of Capcom‘s most iconic games were already released in the previous collection.
Once again, the new library goes as far back as 1984 with SonSon, the free game this time. The idea is that players will download the free ‘shell’ of the game with SonSon included to make sure they’re happy with how everything works, before then buying the other games –
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